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I left my backside in Spain 4 years, 9 months ago #11454

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I've recently returned from a 2000 Km trip around the Spanish Pyrenees on my KTM 690 Enduro R and it was a painful experience. Whoever designs seats at KTM is a sadist. So now Im looking at a new seat at around £350. I don’t want one based on the KTM seat pan as these can snap Im on my second in 18 months The only one that fits the bill seems to be the Touratech one has anyone had any experiences of an aftermarket seat for a 690 ?
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Re: I left my backside in Spain 4 years, 9 months ago #11455

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Have you thought of one of those air hawk things? or perhaps getting the existing one re covered (a good shop should be able to brace / sort the wek spots while at it? and probably less than the touratech equivalent?

got any pics of your tour?
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Re: I left my backside in Spain 4 years, 9 months ago #11458

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I'm looking at a seat concepts seat from the US still £250 though. I like the AirHawk but it will add a couple of inches too an already tall bike
Last Edit: 4 years, 9 months ago by Lancer. Reason: spelling
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Re: I left my backside in Spain 4 years, 9 months ago #11459

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I feel your pain, the 701 is ok but after riding a CB500X it feels like a plank but still better than any BMW seat Ive owned. Didnt know the KTM had a weak point with the seat pan???
Rather be loud than lazy......
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Re: I left my backside in Spain 4 years, 9 months ago #11464

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Yes the seat pans on the ABS models were redesigned to accommodate the extra electronics. Quite a few places in the know wont recover the stock pan. Seat concepts I the states can ship a new seat for £250. I'm thinking that I will leave the 690 as is and not use it for prolonged long distance trips. Its a great bike but just way to painful when your doing 250 miles each day.
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Re: I left my backside in Spain 4 years, 9 months ago #11482

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Did you ride many trails? As we found lots on Wikiloc. We managed 100 miles on trails the 60/70 on road max per day .
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Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you're gonna be up again. But life goes on.
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Re: I left my backside in Spain 4 years, 9 months ago #11489

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We rode lots of trails around Berga, Austin Vince gave me a map with about 50 routes all tested by him and Lois. Each one was about 40-50 miles long. I created some GPX files for some of the routes and stuck them in my satmap.
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Re: I left my backside in Spain 4 years, 9 months ago #11496

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That's where I rode my best day, around berga.! Amazing trails. Stayed in Ripoll 40 miles away.
Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you're gonna be up again. But life goes on.
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Re: I left my backside in Spain 4 years, 8 months ago #11505

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Yea Berga is just surrounded by great trails. I'm definitely going back but it will be on my newly purchased 990 or with a couple of 250's transported in the back of a van.
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Re: I left my backside in Spain 4 years, 8 months ago #11508

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Lancer wrote:
I'm looking at a seat concepts seat from the US still £250 though. I like the AirHawk but it will add a couple of inches too an already tall bike


Actually, the Airhawk raises you up surprisingly little as they work at their best with practically no air in them, mm, not inches! My little Honda NX4 has had a modded seat to gain 50mm, a gel seat to gain another 10mm and the Airhawk, which adds 4-5mm but makes it a dream for long hauls...
Steve
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